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The respected and non-partisan Congressional Research Service recently reached a finding that should startle no one: Tax cuts for the rich don't necessarily help the economy or benefit the 99 percent of Americans who are not millionaires.

But the finding apparently did startle some Republicans in Congress - where 47 percent of the members are millionaires. Could it be that be because tax cuts are at the heart of Mitt Romney's presidential campaign? Or that Republicans really hate - hate - President Obama's proposal to increase taxes on the wealthiest Americans?

After an attack by Senate Republicans led by Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, one of their richest members, the report was withdrawn. Sen. McConnell and others were concerned by the report's "methodology and other flaws," a spokesman told The New York Times.

We'll wait to see if the report resurfaces after the presidential election. Meanwhile, Sen. McConnell is resting comfortably on an annual average net worth of about $27 million, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

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The respected and non-partisan Congressional Research Service recently reached a finding that should startle no one: Tax cuts for the rich don't necessarily help the economy or benefit the 99 percent